Enhanced sensor life using UV treatment of sulphur poisoned Pt-PtOx

Benedict, Samatha and Bhat, Navakanta (2019) Enhanced sensor life using UV treatment of sulphur poisoned Pt-PtOx. In: MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN, 112 . pp. 236-241.

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Abstract

In this work,we report a novel method for recovery of sulphur poisoned platinum/platinum oxide (Pt-PtOx) core shell nanowire sensor using UV irradiation. The optimum core to shell thickness ratio and the operating conditions are the key factors to achieve a high-performance H2S sensor,described in this report. The fabricated core shell nanowire sensor demonstrated response of 6.4% at 1 ppm H2S with detection limit of 10 ppb at 150 degrees C operating temperature. The sensor undergoes prominent time-dependent poisoning at H2S exposure of 3 ppm when operated at 150 degrees C due to sensor surface contamination by sulphur,later confirmed by XPS analysis. Ultraviolet light at two wavelengths, 365 nm, and 248 nm is investigated to recover the poisoned Pt-PtOx surface. UV irradiation at 248 nm for 5 min results in sensor recovery, confirmed by further H2S sensing characterization and XPS studies on the recovered sensor. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first reports on UV irradiation for recovery of sulphur poisoned metal-oxide surfaces.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Keywords:	Core-shell nanowire; Plasma oxidation; Sulphidation; Recovery; UV irradiation
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	01 Mar 2019 05:29
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2019 05:29
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/61866

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